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Tip Reef, Strangford Lough

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Survey number: 782 Event number: 20251012/02 Date: 2025-10-12 GPS: 54.45740,-5.57882. Depth: -20.0 to -24.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Fragments of dead shell on silty mud with scattered boulders with large Metridium senile. The mud had occasional Nephrops norvegicus burrows which were also being occupied by Munida rugosa and Gobius niger. Asterias rubens, Pandalus montagui and Polybius depurator were common.

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